Kali Linux

[Øyvind Lode]

Installed kali with speech.
Kali installed a desktop by default and I did not get the option to
not install a desktop like in debian.
The system did not talk when I booted it up after installation.
No braille either though I used both braille and speech during install.
I switched to a text console and fired up brltty and configured it to
start at boot time using systemctl.
All services is disabled by default on kali.
Ok, so far so good.
I have braille now which makes it easier to type commands and read
output in the text console <smile>
I then found that espeakup is in fact there but not loaded at startup.
speakup and speakup_soft kernel modules is not loaded at boot up either.
Loaded both speakup and speakup_soft and started espeakup and wolla;
it's speaking.
Still no speech in the gui though but I don't care about the gui.
I hope I can perform all hacking and penetration testing from the text
console anyway.
If I have to use orca and the gui I will have a problem since kali
will be running in a VM on a server and I don't know about a way to
run X and gui apps remotely in a accessible way for me that depend on
a screen reader.
Currently I'm running kali on my own vm at home where I now have both
braille and speech on the text console and I can access it from all
hosts on my lan via ssh (including over the internet).


On 23 August 2017 at 17:15, Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at panix.com> wrote:
> speech-dispatcher is on the system, espeakup I think is not.  However you
> could probably install and use fenrir although that package needs work on
> configuration scripts.  One thing fenrir does not do is put a default key
> combination on the system to control fenrir.  It's left to the user to
> choose this and edit the right configuration file correctly with normal text
> editor.  One advantage is, all lives in user space.  I need to chroot my
> kali system andchange the root password so I can log in, one of the
> installers used a password they couldn't remember for my new computer.  If
> that works, I could search the archives and find if espeak is in those
> archives.
>
> On Wed, 23 Aug 2017, ?yvind Lode wrote:
>
>> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 10:22:18
>> From: ?yvind Lode <oyvind.lode at gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
>>     <speakup at linux-speakup.org>
>> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
>> <speakup at linux-speakup.org>
>> Subject: Re: Kali Linux
>>
>>
>> Cool!
>> Does that mean I have to use gnome and orca to access kali tools?
>>
>> I would prefer to only have a CLI system with speakup and brltty.
>> This is the way I do with debian.
>> Hit 's' at the boot prompt to get a talking install and I chose to not
>> install a desktop environment and only use the CLI and also remote
>> access via ssh.
>>
>>
>> On 23 August 2017 at 15:40, Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at panix.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> To install kali linux on a system use the s boot parameter and you'll get
>>> a
>>> talking install.  Once you have done that, and you reboot orca will come
>>> up
>>> talking automatically.
>>> Lode wrote:
>>>
>>>> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 07:08:18
>>>> From: ?yvind Lode <oyvind.lode at gmail.com>
>>>> Reply-To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
>>>>     <speakup at linux-speakup.org>
>>>> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
>>>> <speakup at linux-speakup.org>
>>>> Subject: Kali Linux
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I found an article on the kali forums or the blog that accessibility
>>>> were
>>>> added.
>>>> This article was dated back in 2013 and it stated accessibility was
>>>> added after being contacted by two blind security enthusiasts.
>>>> Nice!
>>>>
>>>> I need to use Kali for work related stuff.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone know the status of accessibility in current Kali builds?
>>>> I really hope these two blind enthusiasts is on this list.
>>>>
>>>> I really hope most tools in Kali is for the CLI, so I don't have to
>>>> work with gnome etc :)
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Speakup mailing list
>>>> Speakup at linux-speakup.org
>>>> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> _______________________________________________
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>> Speakup at linux-speakup.org
>> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>
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